Chiara Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Hi everybody, I have a fresh install of mandriva 2007.1 free on a laptop (fujitsu diemens amilo si1848, intel core duo 2 t7200, ati x1300) and I can't connect to the internet. I have an ethernet modem, well working under windows with pppoe; I configured the connection through the control center wizard, but whatever I choose I get no connection. Moreover: Firefox is not starting: when I select it, I see "starting firefox" for a while and then nothing happens! Thanks for any suggestion Chiara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 (edited) The networking wizard may be broken (and anyway, it never was something more than an annoyance). Install a small package named rp-pppoe, usage via root console is trivial (although there's also a GUI available). Do you get any error messages if you start firefox from a terminal? Edited April 22, 2007 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiara Posted April 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 The networking wizard may be broken (and anyway, it never was something more than an annoyance). Install a small package named rp-pppoe, usage via root console is trivial (although there's also a GUI available).Do you get any error messages if you start firefox from a terminal? I do have rp-pppoe and tried it, the set up seems to go all right, when I start the connection it gives no error, but still I cannot see any web page using konqueror. how do I start firefox from terminal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiara Posted April 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 how do I start firefox from terminal? it was too easy... :P I did it and if I start firefox from terminal there is no trouble, it works. weird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiara Posted April 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 [the connection now works (I think it was me having some confusion between eth0 and ppp0). however, about the firefox trouble, I uninstalled and re-installed it, but it's still exactly the same! how could I solve this? thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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